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Synthesis and Optical Characterization of CVD Graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional, atomic-scale, and sp2-hybridized carbon with unique and excellent optical, mechanical, and electric properties which have attracted a lot of attention for a broad range of applicati...
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Characterization of Electronic, Electrical, Optical, and Mechanical Properties of Graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional material which is composed of a honeycomb lattice made of single atomic layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal atomic structure. It has many extraordinary properties desira...
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Rechargeable lithium batteries and beyond: Progress, challenges, and future directions
This issue contains assessments of battery performance involving complex, interrelated physical and chemical processes between electrode materials and electrolytes. Transformational changes in battery technolo...
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Open AccessNitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond and multi-layer-graphene-like hybrid carbon films
Nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond (N-UNCD) and multi-layer-graphene-like hybrid carbon films have been synthesized by microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPECVD) on oxidized s...
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Charge-transfer doped intrinsic diamond electrochemical electrodes
We report electrochemical characteristics of hydrogen terminated charge-transfer doped intrinsic microcrystalline diamond films. Microcrystalline diamond was synthesized by Direct- Current Plasma Enhanced Chem...
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Hot-Filament Assisted Fabrication of Carbon-Nanotube Electron Emitters
A hot-filament CVD reactor was used for the deposition of carbon nanotubes on substrates. Hydrocarbon or oxyhydrocarbon mixtures were used as the carbon source. Hot filaments at temperatures exceeding 2000C pr...
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Fabrication of High-Density Carbon-Nanotube Coatings on Microstructured Substrates
Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotubes deposited on microstructured Ni substrate are presented. The highly active surface-area of the microstructured Ni substrate provides highdensity nucleation ...
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Electron Emission from Microwave-Plasma Chemically Vapor Deposited Carbon Nanotubes
A microwave plasma CVD reactor was used for the deposition of carbon nanotubes on substrates. Hydrocarbon or oxyhydrocarbon mixtures were used as the carbon source. Hot electrons in the microwave plasma at tem...
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Low-Temperature CVD Carbon Coatings on Glass Plates for Flat Panel Display Applications
Low-temperature chemical vapor deposition processes were studied for coating carbon films on metal-coated glass plates. Thermal CVD in hydrocarbon mixtures was used for carbon deposition at temperatures betwee...
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Design of Nanodiamond Based Drug Delivery Patch for Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging Applications
The onset and recurrence of cancer is one of the major biomedical quandaries of our time. Currently, surgically removed tumors often leave behind a residual cancer cell population. As not all cancer cells can ...
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Visible Luminescence from ZnO Nanostructures
Room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra from zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures were studied. ZnO samples were produced via thermal chemical vapor deposition (thermal-CVD) and a variety of ZnO nanostructu...
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Electrical and Optical Properties of Diamond Films Deposited from an Oxy-Acetylene Flame
Diamond exhibits remarkable physical and chemical properties that have attracted attention from scientists and engineers for a long time. The invention of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques for the dep...
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Electron Beam Triggering of Gas Filled Spark Gaps
The development of high power switches has become a subject of considerable interest for scientists and engineers working on high-power lasers, fusion, high current charged-particle accelerators, and weapons-e...
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Deposition of Diamond Films by Scanning Oxy-Acetylene Flame
Diamond films have been deposited on silicon wafers by scanning an oxy-acetylene flame against water-cooled silicon substrates. High quality diamond films about 20 um thick can be achieved by scanning the flam...
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Effects of Low Magnetic Fields on Gold-YBCO Contacts
The effects of low magnetic field (0–40 Gauss) on electrical properties of gold-YBCO contacts are investigated. The contact resistance increases significantly with applied magnetic fields. For high magnetic fi...
